Britsmoothy,
I like to see those magpies get their " Just Reward"!!
We have them here in Colorado where they are protected I think! Go figure!
When I lived in Perth, Australia, the magpies there were not only vermin but a major " PITA"!
Not only did they wake you up at minutes before sunrise with their raucous cawing but would get on your front porch where the milkman left your bottle or so of milk. These magpies would use their beaks to bust through the cardboard caps on these bottles and manage to sip out large amounts of milk out of the bottles! At the same time ruining the rest of the contents of the bottle!!
So keep up the good work on reducing the magpie population!!
What shot load are you using on these rascals?